ISTANBUL: Turkey's foreign minister said on Saturday he had made clear in a call with US counterpart John Kerry that followers of US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen were behind the coup attempt, but had......
WIGAN: Jose Mourinho's first game as manager of Manchester United ended in a short trip and comfortable 2-0 victory over newly-promoted Championship side Wigan Athletic at their DW Stadium on......
MUZAFFARABAD: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Saturday said the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is incapable of presenting an effective foreign policy and is......
CHENNAI: Argentina will fight for major honours despite Lionel Messi retiring from international football after the disappointment of last month's Copa America final shootout loss to Chile, the......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will operate a special flight to Istanbul to evacuate the stranded Pakistanis following the attempted military coup by a faction of the Turkish......
ISLAMABAD: Afghan President Ashraf Ghan on Saturday telephoned Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and informed him about the killing of Umar Naray, the mastermind of Peshawar's Army Public School......
LONDON: Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah on Saturday registered his name in the record books after he broke Australia's Charlie Turner's 123-year-old record for most wickets after 13 Test......
ISLAMABAD: Taking back its earlier announcement, the federal government on Saturday decided to observe 'black day' against Indian atrocities in India-held Kashmir on July 20 instead of July 19.In a......
MULTAN: Police on Saturday registered a First Information Report (FIR) against two persons in Qandeel Baloch murder case, it has been learnt.The FIR, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, was......
LONDON: Pakistan's Yasir Shah made a useful unbeaten 30 after starring with the ball to leave Pakistan well-placed come stumps on the third day of an intriguing first Test against England at Lord's......
NICE: In a statement carried by a media outlet of the so-called islamic state (IS), the group has claimed the truck attack in Nice, France.IS on Saturday claimed the Tunisian man, who barrelled his......
MULTAN: Popular social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch has been killed in Multan, becoming the latest victim in the spate of "honour killings" that plague the country.The 26-year-old, who is popular......
LOS ANGELES: Fethullah Gulen, the US-based cleric accused by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of orchestrating the coup attempt in Turkey, has a wide following in his native country, where he enjoys......
ISTANBUL: Troops filed into Taksim Square uncertain of how they would be received. Before long, angry crowds had gathered to denounce them.In the famous square where anti-government protests took......
SAN FRANCISCO: The attempted military coup in Turkey exploded across social media late on Friday despite restricted access to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube during the first hours of the......
The superheroes are back and they are here to stay. The arrival of an alien from Krypton, a time traveller from the future, a masked man from obscurity and the (emergence of) the fastest man alive......
It was a proud moment for Pakistan to have its youth participate in a world-famous event in the US — the Formula SAE Lincoln 2016, a leading American student design competition —and be the only team......
First look of Disney’s Polynesian princess movieFinally, Disney has a Polynesian princess! Recently, Disney released a teaser trailer for Moana, offering fans an exciting first look at the upcoming......
“Mum! I’ve secured the best grade in English literature.”“But son what good is that? You have to pursue engineering, earn the best grades in math and science like your cousin does.”“Look! I’ve won......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will move the International Court of Arbitration (ICA) to restrain India from building two major hydropower projects on rivers assigned to Islamabad under the 1960s Indus Waters......
KARACHI: A sailor of the Special Services Group of Pakistan Navy (SSG-N) rescued a family from drowning in the Shatong River in the Deosai National Park, a naval official said on Friday.Two days ago......
A FEW years ago, I put on a burqa to see how it felt for an article I was writing. Beneath the mesh that almost obscured my vision, the world shrank to a narrow band; I felt hot, and my movements......
NEVER before has Indian Kashmir reacted so violently to the death of a militant as it has to the killing of Burhan Muzaffar Wani by security forces on July 8. This 22-year-old Hizbul Mujahideen......
DID we really need more mayhem and another round of slaughter of unarmed civilians, this time in Nice, to remind us of the grim and bloody times we live in? After all, we were still counting the dead......
PARAPHRASING Disraeli there are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies and half-truths. They can be in the form of statements or even questions such as the chorus led by President Bush after 9/11 on......
CHITRAL: A team of two French mountaineers scaled Tirich Mir, the highest mountain of the Hindu Kush range, on Wednesday.The peak was surmounted last time in 2001 by an Italian team.The climbers,......
LANDI KOTAL: The Khyber Agency political administration on Friday demolished at least 10 houses vacated by the unregistered Afghan families in Malagori area of Jamrud.Officials said that notices were......
SHANGLA: Flash floods triggered by heavy rain destroyed at least 140 mini power stations and 20 houses in Shangla district late on Thursday night.According to the residents, flash floods hit Lodhar......
ISLAMABAD: An infant was swept away and a woman killed when a house near a nullah was flooded during the rains in the early hours of Friday.The incident happened in a katchi abadi called Faisal......
ISLAMABAD: The leadership of the political party which is inviting the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif to take over approached the Islamabad High Court (IHC) in order to avoid being......
GUJRAT: Scores of women from at least a dozen villages surrounding Jalalpur Jattan on Friday protested in front of the district government complex against a group of swindlers that allegedly duped......
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: After 15-year investigation, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has given a clean chit to Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in over Rs130 billion corruption case.According to the NAB......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: A three-day 12th annual mango show kicked off at the Shaikh Zayed Public School auditorium here on Friday.The show, inaugurated by DPO Zeeshan Asghar, was organized jointly by the......
KARACHI: Despite two days of hectic efforts by Edhi and Navy divers, authorities on Friday failed to recover the body of a little girl drowned in the Gujjar Nala in Gulberg.Three-year-old Hira and......
KARACHI: Relations between the Pakistan Peoples Party and Pakistan Rangers, which suffered a serious blow over the Asad Kharal affair, plummeted further on Friday when the paramilitary force cordoned......
ULAN BATOR: Sympathy and condemnation for the Nice attack dominated the opening of an Asia Europe summit in Mongolia on Friday, drawing attention away from Beijing’s rejection of a tribunal ruling......
EDINBURGH: Theresa May was in Scotland on Friday on her first visit as Britain’s new prime minister, bidding to maintain unity after a Brexit vote that revived Scottish independence ambitions.May was......
ISTANBUL: The UN’s cultural agency on Friday added four new sites in Iran, India, China and Micronesia to its World Heritage list.The sites named by Unesco include the so-called qanat water systems......
FRANCE is in the line of fire. Of the 16 terrorist incidents that took place in Western nations this year, five were in France, including the deadliest one in Nice, which killed at least 84 people.A......
MUMBAI: He’s been accused of killing a homeless man, shooting dead an endangered animal and assaulting a former Miss World but it seems nothing can stop the box office appeal of Bollywood bad boy......
PARIS: An 11-year-old boy from Texas. A German teacher and two of her students. A French father protecting his pregnant wife.The Bastille Day truck attack in Nice killed 84 people, including 10......
NEW YORK: Donald Trump the presumptive Republican nominee for the presidency of the United States tweeted on Friday Indiana Governor Mike Pence is his choice to be his running mate.“I am pleased to......
LONDON: Yasir Shah became the first leg-spinner in 20 years to take a five-wicket haul in a Test innings at Lord’s to leave Pakistan well-placed at stumps on Friday’s second day of their series......
KARACHI: Cricket is no longer a young man’s game, if you dare to ask Misbah-ul-Haq. Even at the ripe age of 42, the much-respected Pakistan captain is making the art of scoring Test runs a routine......
In any sport missed opportunities matter much in success or in the failure of a team or an individual. And those who grab the chances with both hands come out trumps in the end.Friday, unlike the......
TROON (Scotland): Phil Mickelson followed his stunning opening round with a solid 69 in miserable weather conditions at Royal Troon on Friday to lead the British Open at 10 under par.The American had......
NYON: Exiled from their conflict-torn home city for a third season, Shakhtar Donetsk will start their quest to stay in the Champions League elite against Young Boys from Switzerland.Shakhtar were......
LAHORE: Pakistan’s sporting decline has left the vast South Asian nation that once prided itself on producing the world’s best hockey and squash players facing up to an Olympics for which none of its......
KARACHI: Pakistan boys have a winning start in the team events while their girls counterparts suffered defeats on the opening day of the four-nation South Asian Cadet and Junior Table Tennis......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Friday informed the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that it collected Rs43.3 billion withholding tax from the consumers of cellular services.Briefing......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reported on Friday that the country received about $20 billion remittances in the fiscal year ended on June 30, 2016.The remittances grew more than double......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) registered 6,200 new companies during the outgoing fiscal year, a growth of 24 per cent in comparison with 2014-15.In June 2016,......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s exports dropped to an eight-year low of $20.8 billion in the previous fiscal year (2015-16), the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics said on Friday, despite preferential access to......
KARACHI: Pakistan Petroleum Ltd (PPL), the operator of Gambit South Exploration Licence holding a 65 per cent working interest, said on Friday that hydrocarbon (gas) was discovered from its......
KARACHI: Stakeholders in the cotton economy have strongly objected to a government proposal to allow the state-owned Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) to intervene in the market, fearing the move......
KARACHI: Friday signaled an end to the weeklong winning streak as the KSE-100 index pulled back 68.53 points to close the last session of the week at 39,188.47 points.Volatility prevailed in the......
GENEVA: The United States has warned China that it had not done enough to qualify for market economy status, especially in steel and aluminium, sowing the seeds for a trade battle between Washington......
KARACHI: Cotton prices moved higher on Friday in line with global trend as fear of higher consumption in front of decreased production kept the markets highly volatile.Floor brokers said that......
KARACHI: Federal Secretary for Textile Ministry Amir M. Khan Marwat informed that a Textile City will be set up in Karachi like Faisalabad.Addressing members of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of......
LONDON: Gold fell on Friday and was set for its first weekly loss since May on improving global risk sentiment and a stronger dollar after better-than-expected US data.Wall Street opened slightly......
MUZAFFARABAD: Demonstrations and rallies were held across Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Friday to condemn the fresh spate of brutalities by Indian troops in held Kashmir.The biggest gathering was......
WASHINGTON: The United States, while still avoiding a public stance, has been quietly engaged with both India and Pakistan for promoting a peaceful resolution of the Kashmir dispute, says the US......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) will take up with its Afghan counterpart the issue of mobile phone subscriber identity modules (Sims) from the neighbouring country being......
MAHAMA (Rwanda): More than a dozen schoolgirls broke down in tears as one told Malala Yousafzai about the rapes they experienced and witnessed while fleeing to Rwanda in 2015 to escape fighting in......
QUETTA: The chief minister of Balochistan has directed officials to come up with a comprehensive plan to help and extend maximum facilities to tourists at recreational sites to promote tourism in the......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to revise electoral rolls and launch a door-to-door voter verification campaign from August 1.The decision was taken in a meeting......
MIR Afzaal Sulehria is a Muzaffarabad-born political activist who has always struggled for the independence of Jammu and Kashmir.He is contesting the July 21 elections for the Azad Jammu and Kashmir......
ISLAMABAD: Not impressed with the government report elucidating reasons for delay in conducting the population census, the Supreme Court ordered the government on Friday to come out with a definitive......
WASHINGTON: Classified portions of a Congressional inquiry report, declassified on Friday, allege that some Sept 11, 2001 hijackers had links with Saudi intelligence officers.The documents also claim......
KARACHI: Directing the government to ensure early recovery of the kidnapped son of the Sindh High Court chief justice, the Supreme Court issued on Friday notices to the interior secretary, heads of......
ISTANBUL: Forces loyal to the Turkish government fought on Saturday to crush the remnants of a military coup attempt which crumbled after crowds answered President Tayyip Erdogan's call to take to......
